Everything Old Is New Again: A Second Helping of Cafe Society, February 2-6

Two local favorites that presaged the Denver restaurant boom by several years and garnered early attention for the city's national dining reputation reopened this week after makeovers.Rioja swung open the doors on Wednesday to a refresh which modernized the space after ten years on Larimer Square. Fruition is doing the same today, with a new look and a few throwback menu items to celebrate its eighth anniversary.

Meanwhile, we were busy renovating our list of the ten best Chinese restaurants in Denver, since two of our old favorites -- Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine and East Asia Garden -- closed last year.